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		flangola7 on May 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KeePassXC pull request to add basic support for We... I thought passkeys are always stored in secure enclaves and can't be exported?

ezfe on May 8, 2023 [–]

No, Passkeys are just some random data and cryptography.

However, the most popular implementations (like in iOS/macOS) use TouchID/FaceID/Passcode to protect access to the passkey.

That doesn't preclude other implementations from doing it other ways.

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